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SENIOR INITIATE SERIES
OF OPEN HOUSES AT
UNION TONIGHT
THE CHRONICLE
Not Merely A Newspaper, But An Institution
'I'll .1. II. DUKE
VOLUME XXIV, NL'.MIiKll I
DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, I
ESDAY. FEB.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Tobaccoists Honor Duke
When Wreath Placed On
Tomb In Ceremony Here
Wreaths Also Honor John McTyrie Flowers And Other
Men Who Died During
World War
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
Ceremony Today Led by James A.
Thomas of Charlotte and Other
Friends Who Were Formerly Intimate With Tobacco Manufacturer;
Oflicials of Brit ish-Am eric an Tobacco Company
men ..nil officials of the
have seen service in China ■
1 Durham Wednesday and
of that group of le
lotte
ud
White
ntv
- Brltl
i-An
elo
Duke .
nd w
as one
IS .vllirni M i
Duke
ihington Duke hotel, at 7.30
known in Durham will lie l
Abbott Lloyd Durham) Taylor Click,
Durham; Will .Moore, Durham; Lcc
Parker, Charlotte; and John Dixon,
NEWCOMERSGIVE
YEAR'S MAGAZINES
For Benefit of Sick Infirmary
is Given Year's Subscription
to Six Periodicals
mended highly by Mrs. Hnr.lii.oi], the
official nurse.
The periodical!, which thc Club have
given are. tbe Saturdag BvorAng Post
New York Sunday Times, Life, College
Humor, Red Book, and Harpers Mi-titt-
nts, and the
! nurse had
- pupili.irily.
SENIOR PRESIDENT
FRESHMEN STAGE
SECOND BANQUET
Music and Speeches bv Officials
Feature Program Which Delighted Entire Class
,g. The Kiwanis Quartet of Kal-
; Page Williams, second tenon
Harney, ftrsl baas, and W. M. Up-
l Sr., second bass. 'Ibis group ot
s di-1 ight.-. I the gathering with
il songs among which waa a relit jaa. numbers with Mr. Williams
Tbe subscription
t tbe „e-.t collcgi-
Buspended during
home of Mrs. W. W. Rankin. Although
young, thc organization hns already identified itself closely with tbe University,
b.™- joyful to the graduates arc renin:
scences of bygone college events.
Next on the program came Miss Hut
Melbn Armstrong, contrj.lt... who I
head of thc Voice Dportrocnt at Men
ditb College. Accompanied by Miss Mai
II.a Court, also of tbe Music Dcparl
ment at Meredith. Miss Armstrong sun
tl„ee elections "I.ill T c Eyes'
"Bird ni Wilderness", and "In Italy.
Thin delightful singer was encored en
Lhusiastically and she responded .vith
s a speaker by provoking both
nd serious thought, lie war. followed
lean Herring stated that lhe value
fill lege cjircer een ler ed much ill
ospojisibililies which arc encountered
rierein. During bis talk Mr. He
^pressed bis wish that the class .
mid 1
tlie !!.27-2e Chant
I Dnke
enrbook. He si
pldly being in.
nay .nuke Its a
SENIORS CONDUCT
"OPEN HOUSE" AT
UNIVERSITY UNION
Seniors Initiate Series of Social
Events to be Held During
Spring
WILL BE TWICE A WEEK
Student Life Division and Y. M. C. A.
Are Sponsors of Movement to Make
Union Hall Social Center of Campus
Life; Dean Soper is Head of Stu-
provided. Mus
-Ut of the ri„i
, Professor 11. E. Myen
:. Pew feels that add
mt will be a st(
n iiJJii.e Duke i
. DeHart, it i
of She director
.dents will not
MANY FRESHMEN
BEEN INITIATED
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi Kappa
Alpha, And Chi Tau Hold
Regular Initiations
. the iih.ee of full membership in
rent Greek letter organisations on l'ie
over, have not all been lield. Alpha Tau
Omega, Phi Delta Theta, Delia Sigma
Phi, Kappa Alpha, and several of the
r fr.iteni
e thei
Soon
of the fr.
ber of new men after their i
The Sigma I'hi Kpsilom fraternity
held ils initiation on Saturday an
day, February 18 and la. It r
„l„ ,
i- lull
ii.im
M. .Sample, Jr., Fort Pic
Reams, Jr, Dun... X. C, It. L. Reams,
Klngsport, Tenn., Charles Spear, Kington, N, C, and John Kale, Ilei.dcrsc.n-
■.nlu.ili- slll-
Duke. Witl
reeks the S.
. fraternity will
,- Hi. ibe
■\ Iph.,
Atkins, Gastonl
N\ C, Ed. Grimsley, Kernersville. X. C,
Jack Hullllg, lirislnl, Ten,,., Mnrris
Jones, Rome, Ga-, .). ll. Ligon, Shelby,
i.lgeport, Ala.,
. Kin.
, N.
Turner, llalcigli, M. C, W. M. L'pcln
Jr., Raleigh, N. C, Samuel Welch,
Waynesville, x. C. On Friday night the
fr.ili-riiity gave n hjin[|uet in lienor
Chi Tau fraternity initiated *Tcd" Mann
8t. Mel,nn. Ark.. .1. C, Leonard, Bristol
Tenn., ll. v. Barnette, Roithoro, x. c.
and Southg Martin, Wi igton, N
Students Use Library
For Many Purposes in
Course of Day's Work
ning at will in the stacks. Some c
n find this a good place to hold thei
c-iL-tclcs." I II l.i-i- students apparent
VERY SUCCESSFUL
VOLUNTEER UNION
MEET COMPLETED
Seventeenth Annual Conference
of the Student Volunteer
Union Convenes Here
155 DELEGATES HERE
Many Nationally and Internationally
Known Speakers Deliver Addresses;
ilr. Super's Speech is Considered
v.,rth Carolina and South Carolina Col-
,-gcs and I'liiversilies attending the
Vivi„v, Jim! the whole field of f.ir-
t (Ik1 opening -i
un Friday
of tl
of "Jesus and Youth in World Mis-
-." Mr. Poteat said, "The world ha!
rr more needed .veil-trained, purpose-
and stalwurl L'liristiitii I Ci I lie IS hip
i today. Only
i principles
oke Satui
; live
DAVISON ADDRESSED
MEETING IN CHICAGO
"A Medical Decree Five Years Aftei
Hit-h School," Was Subject Used
liy Medical Dean
Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, Head of tht
Dnke Medical School, has just returnee
from Chicago, where he was one of thi
principal speakers in a course of Medicai
Education, which was given by the
American Medical Association on
Hid.
ll degree five years after
wjis the subject of an in
nscly interesting address, which wa:
.'livered by Dr. Davison. Other phase!
I Ilu- medio) ticlll were presented ll>
iri.jus other medical leaders.
The medical selmul director .laics Ihai
ic mild temperature of the Soutli nf-
irds a great relief, when comparec
ith the extremely cold weather in Chi-
igo.
Dr. George L. Carrington has beer
ccting Dr. Davisnn's classes in Hy-
i.-iic. while the Medical .Sehuol Head
an attending the Medical meet in Chi-
igo.
Spending two years in thc Medical
nhool al the University of North Caro-
II a. Dr. Carrington then enrolled a I
■Am Hopkins University, where hi
impleted his preparation in the field ul
Dr. Ciirririjih.n is al present a practic
j; surgeon in Durham, N, C For sum.
son for a hospital in Burlington, anil
Dr Gaines, Wake Forest,
Makes Interesting Speech
On Washington Yesterday
WAKE I'OliEST PRESIDENT
DR. GAINES TALKS
AT 9019 BANQUET
Or. Plyler Eulogizes John
Spencer Bassetl; Sis Initiated Into Membership
Dr. Francis P. Gaines, honor guesl
at Ihe (mill banquei for the returning
alumni and the six men Initiated last
night, del in-red ;. must eapti.ating and
forceful address on what he said might
he termed "'Ibe Conspiracy agninst the
Superior Man." President Gabies enumerated Ihe three cardinal points in this
: (1) t
ity of scholastic
(2) sending uf students tu college for
the development of character alone; aud
(3) the lack of any intellectual ambition
on .the part of the majority „f lhe stu-
deuts. Dr. Canies demonstrated the utter
fallaciousness of the first point. He
-ialed ihai one should have a good
character wherever he is, aud that possessing it should lu- a fundamental .nudity; it should nut be necessary tu devote
cuIIcjjc t
ncnt. 'file s
sive and beautiful tribute to John Spence. ll.issell. one of thc founders of Mom,
and suggested that tbe scholastic society take steps tn jierpctuate his mem-
The men accepted inlu membership
last night are M. J. Hird, Chelsea, Mass.;
Chas. 1'. Bowles, Guilford College; J
El.vuod Doxey, Poplar Branch; It. Har-
uld Ellison, Winston-Salem; Harry L
., Moi
t Tliot
Sumi
>w, Gasl
i Edwi
JUDGES AWARD HIGH
HONOR TO DURE MAN
Contest
it. B. l-'huidcrs, who holds a fed-.w-
sbip in history at Dnke recently woo the
first prize of two hundred and fifty dollars offered annually by the Georgia
Historical Soeiety for the best essay
relating to sunn- phase ill Ilu- bistorj oi
i. The
of tl
of tl
i- Feb-
its li
Mr. II,mile
"Two Plantations and a County of the
Old South." Ills essay wjis selected onr
twenty-five others submitted for the
prize. The achievement of Mr. Flanders
was especially significant since there is
an iron-clad regulation uf the Society
that Jill work must be based on source
material. No secondary material of "ny
nal ore is accepted.
This is Mr. Flanders' second year at
■y. He
y Uni
President of Baptist Institution
Impresses Students in Ad-
dress at Chapel
IS SPONSORED BY 9019
Scholastic and Patriotic Order Sponsors Annual Civic Celebration on
Washington's Birthday — Speaker
Scores Modern Biographers Who
Place Distorted Emphasis on "Truth"
s lit,
.1 to
uriii-h piissi-.-ed him, tu tlie twist lie
Dr. Gaines' address, sponsored hy the
scholastic and patriotic order of 3019,
was one of the must brilliant heard here
in rcee.it months. He scored modem bl-
1 iterutare, place a distorted emphasis
upon "truth" to magnify the trivial
facts of the lives of Ihe great. Dr.
Gaines chose as the title of bis address
r deems truth. Tlie primary danger is
iat the perspective shall be wholly dis-
.rtc.l, that some details will looms large
ul uf all proportion to their real sig-
ilicancc. JUKI that tillier factors of
irgest importance shall entirely escape
"May v
omnnlic interpretation -l.-en
[."lay's appreciation uf the ;
i ugly fact? May we not
CHARLOTTE PAPER
FEATURES SPEECH
Vollmer Plavs Proposed Big:
Navy Bill Before Queen
City Merchants
n uf g
Jirhittc .
e the annual meeting
nerebunts' association
night. In flaying America's buildup!.—rival England's navy, Dr.
mer declared that such a program
lead inevitably to war with Great
eminent Dr. Vollmer
ineflieieiicy ,
may jl
end to
and billions
dollars worth uf property." Amid an
itburst of applause, Dr. Vulimer
■ge.l Iii, listi-uers to appeal lu the gov-
Dr. Vollmer stated that he was in
irmany during Ihe last war and Uiat
opinio.
<>r iiuii
Due to the Student Volunteer Confer
itudent Volunt
vocal solo was
Soper delivered
Unique and Dis
Christianity."

SENIOR INITIATE SERIES
OF OPEN HOUSES AT
UNION TONIGHT
THE CHRONICLE
Not Merely A Newspaper, But An Institution
'I'll .1. II. DUKE
VOLUME XXIV, NL'.MIiKll I
DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, I
ESDAY. FEB.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Tobaccoists Honor Duke
When Wreath Placed On
Tomb In Ceremony Here
Wreaths Also Honor John McTyrie Flowers And Other
Men Who Died During
World War
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
Ceremony Today Led by James A.
Thomas of Charlotte and Other
Friends Who Were Formerly Intimate With Tobacco Manufacturer;
Oflicials of Brit ish-Am eric an Tobacco Company
men ..nil officials of the
have seen service in China ■
1 Durham Wednesday and
of that group of le
lotte
ud
White
ntv
- Brltl
i-An
elo
Duke .
nd w
as one
IS .vllirni M i
Duke
ihington Duke hotel, at 7.30
known in Durham will lie l
Abbott Lloyd Durham) Taylor Click,
Durham; Will .Moore, Durham; Lcc
Parker, Charlotte; and John Dixon,
NEWCOMERSGIVE
YEAR'S MAGAZINES
For Benefit of Sick Infirmary
is Given Year's Subscription
to Six Periodicals
mended highly by Mrs. Hnr.lii.oi], the
official nurse.
The periodical!, which thc Club have
given are. tbe Saturdag BvorAng Post
New York Sunday Times, Life, College
Humor, Red Book, and Harpers Mi-titt-
nts, and the
! nurse had
- pupili.irily.
SENIOR PRESIDENT
FRESHMEN STAGE
SECOND BANQUET
Music and Speeches bv Officials
Feature Program Which Delighted Entire Class
,g. The Kiwanis Quartet of Kal-
; Page Williams, second tenon
Harney, ftrsl baas, and W. M. Up-
l Sr., second bass. 'Ibis group ot
s di-1 ight.-. I the gathering with
il songs among which waa a relit jaa. numbers with Mr. Williams
Tbe subscription
t tbe „e-.t collcgi-
Buspended during
home of Mrs. W. W. Rankin. Although
young, thc organization hns already identified itself closely with tbe University,
b.™- joyful to the graduates arc renin:
scences of bygone college events.
Next on the program came Miss Hut
Melbn Armstrong, contrj.lt... who I
head of thc Voice Dportrocnt at Men
ditb College. Accompanied by Miss Mai
II.a Court, also of tbe Music Dcparl
ment at Meredith. Miss Armstrong sun
tl„ee elections "I.ill T c Eyes'
"Bird ni Wilderness", and "In Italy.
Thin delightful singer was encored en
Lhusiastically and she responded .vith
s a speaker by provoking both
nd serious thought, lie war. followed
lean Herring stated that lhe value
fill lege cjircer een ler ed much ill
ospojisibililies which arc encountered
rierein. During bis talk Mr. He
^pressed bis wish that the class .
mid 1
tlie !!.27-2e Chant
I Dnke
enrbook. He si
pldly being in.
nay .nuke Its a
SENIORS CONDUCT
"OPEN HOUSE" AT
UNIVERSITY UNION
Seniors Initiate Series of Social
Events to be Held During
Spring
WILL BE TWICE A WEEK
Student Life Division and Y. M. C. A.
Are Sponsors of Movement to Make
Union Hall Social Center of Campus
Life; Dean Soper is Head of Stu-
provided. Mus
-Ut of the ri„i
, Professor 11. E. Myen
:. Pew feels that add
mt will be a st(
n iiJJii.e Duke i
. DeHart, it i
of She director
.dents will not
MANY FRESHMEN
BEEN INITIATED
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi Kappa
Alpha, And Chi Tau Hold
Regular Initiations
. the iih.ee of full membership in
rent Greek letter organisations on l'ie
over, have not all been lield. Alpha Tau
Omega, Phi Delta Theta, Delia Sigma
Phi, Kappa Alpha, and several of the
r fr.iteni
e thei
Soon
of the fr.
ber of new men after their i
The Sigma I'hi Kpsilom fraternity
held ils initiation on Saturday an
day, February 18 and la. It r
„l„ ,
i- lull
ii.im
M. .Sample, Jr., Fort Pic
Reams, Jr, Dun... X. C, It. L. Reams,
Klngsport, Tenn., Charles Spear, Kington, N, C, and John Kale, Ilei.dcrsc.n-
■.nlu.ili- slll-
Duke. Witl
reeks the S.
. fraternity will
,- Hi. ibe
■\ Iph.,
Atkins, Gastonl
N\ C, Ed. Grimsley, Kernersville. X. C,
Jack Hullllg, lirislnl, Ten,,., Mnrris
Jones, Rome, Ga-, .). ll. Ligon, Shelby,
i.lgeport, Ala.,
. Kin.
, N.
Turner, llalcigli, M. C, W. M. L'pcln
Jr., Raleigh, N. C, Samuel Welch,
Waynesville, x. C. On Friday night the
fr.ili-riiity gave n hjin[|uet in lienor
Chi Tau fraternity initiated *Tcd" Mann
8t. Mel,nn. Ark.. .1. C, Leonard, Bristol
Tenn., ll. v. Barnette, Roithoro, x. c.
and Southg Martin, Wi igton, N
Students Use Library
For Many Purposes in
Course of Day's Work
ning at will in the stacks. Some c
n find this a good place to hold thei
c-iL-tclcs." I II l.i-i- students apparent
VERY SUCCESSFUL
VOLUNTEER UNION
MEET COMPLETED
Seventeenth Annual Conference
of the Student Volunteer
Union Convenes Here
155 DELEGATES HERE
Many Nationally and Internationally
Known Speakers Deliver Addresses;
ilr. Super's Speech is Considered
v.,rth Carolina and South Carolina Col-
,-gcs and I'liiversilies attending the
Vivi„v, Jim! the whole field of f.ir-
t (Ik1 opening -i
un Friday
of tl
of "Jesus and Youth in World Mis-
-." Mr. Poteat said, "The world ha!
rr more needed .veil-trained, purpose-
and stalwurl L'liristiitii I Ci I lie IS hip
i today. Only
i principles
oke Satui
; live
DAVISON ADDRESSED
MEETING IN CHICAGO
"A Medical Decree Five Years Aftei
Hit-h School," Was Subject Used
liy Medical Dean
Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, Head of tht
Dnke Medical School, has just returnee
from Chicago, where he was one of thi
principal speakers in a course of Medicai
Education, which was given by the
American Medical Association on
Hid.
ll degree five years after
wjis the subject of an in
nscly interesting address, which wa:
.'livered by Dr. Davison. Other phase!
I Ilu- medio) ticlll were presented ll>
iri.jus other medical leaders.
The medical selmul director .laics Ihai
ic mild temperature of the Soutli nf-
irds a great relief, when comparec
ith the extremely cold weather in Chi-
igo.
Dr. George L. Carrington has beer
ccting Dr. Davisnn's classes in Hy-
i.-iic. while the Medical .Sehuol Head
an attending the Medical meet in Chi-
igo.
Spending two years in thc Medical
nhool al the University of North Caro-
II a. Dr. Carrington then enrolled a I
■Am Hopkins University, where hi
impleted his preparation in the field ul
Dr. Ciirririjih.n is al present a practic
j; surgeon in Durham, N, C For sum.
son for a hospital in Burlington, anil
Dr Gaines, Wake Forest,
Makes Interesting Speech
On Washington Yesterday
WAKE I'OliEST PRESIDENT
DR. GAINES TALKS
AT 9019 BANQUET
Or. Plyler Eulogizes John
Spencer Bassetl; Sis Initiated Into Membership
Dr. Francis P. Gaines, honor guesl
at Ihe (mill banquei for the returning
alumni and the six men Initiated last
night, del in-red ;. must eapti.ating and
forceful address on what he said might
he termed "'Ibe Conspiracy agninst the
Superior Man." President Gabies enumerated Ihe three cardinal points in this
: (1) t
ity of scholastic
(2) sending uf students tu college for
the development of character alone; aud
(3) the lack of any intellectual ambition
on .the part of the majority „f lhe stu-
deuts. Dr. Canies demonstrated the utter
fallaciousness of the first point. He
-ialed ihai one should have a good
character wherever he is, aud that possessing it should lu- a fundamental .nudity; it should nut be necessary tu devote
cuIIcjjc t
ncnt. 'file s
sive and beautiful tribute to John Spence. ll.issell. one of thc founders of Mom,
and suggested that tbe scholastic society take steps tn jierpctuate his mem-
The men accepted inlu membership
last night are M. J. Hird, Chelsea, Mass.;
Chas. 1'. Bowles, Guilford College; J
El.vuod Doxey, Poplar Branch; It. Har-
uld Ellison, Winston-Salem; Harry L
., Moi
t Tliot
Sumi
>w, Gasl
i Edwi
JUDGES AWARD HIGH
HONOR TO DURE MAN
Contest
it. B. l-'huidcrs, who holds a fed-.w-
sbip in history at Dnke recently woo the
first prize of two hundred and fifty dollars offered annually by the Georgia
Historical Soeiety for the best essay
relating to sunn- phase ill Ilu- bistorj oi
i. The
of tl
of tl
i- Feb-
its li
Mr. II,mile
"Two Plantations and a County of the
Old South." Ills essay wjis selected onr
twenty-five others submitted for the
prize. The achievement of Mr. Flanders
was especially significant since there is
an iron-clad regulation uf the Society
that Jill work must be based on source
material. No secondary material of "ny
nal ore is accepted.
This is Mr. Flanders' second year at
■y. He
y Uni
President of Baptist Institution
Impresses Students in Ad-
dress at Chapel
IS SPONSORED BY 9019
Scholastic and Patriotic Order Sponsors Annual Civic Celebration on
Washington's Birthday — Speaker
Scores Modern Biographers Who
Place Distorted Emphasis on "Truth"
s lit,
.1 to
uriii-h piissi-.-ed him, tu tlie twist lie
Dr. Gaines' address, sponsored hy the
scholastic and patriotic order of 3019,
was one of the must brilliant heard here
in rcee.it months. He scored modem bl-
1 iterutare, place a distorted emphasis
upon "truth" to magnify the trivial
facts of the lives of Ihe great. Dr.
Gaines chose as the title of bis address
r deems truth. Tlie primary danger is
iat the perspective shall be wholly dis-
.rtc.l, that some details will looms large
ul uf all proportion to their real sig-
ilicancc. JUKI that tillier factors of
irgest importance shall entirely escape
"May v
omnnlic interpretation -l.-en
[."lay's appreciation uf the ;
i ugly fact? May we not
CHARLOTTE PAPER
FEATURES SPEECH
Vollmer Plavs Proposed Big:
Navy Bill Before Queen
City Merchants
n uf g
Jirhittc .
e the annual meeting
nerebunts' association
night. In flaying America's buildup!.—rival England's navy, Dr.
mer declared that such a program
lead inevitably to war with Great
eminent Dr. Vollmer
ineflieieiicy ,
may jl
end to
and billions
dollars worth uf property." Amid an
itburst of applause, Dr. Vulimer
■ge.l Iii, listi-uers to appeal lu the gov-
Dr. Vollmer stated that he was in
irmany during Ihe last war and Uiat
opinio.
<>r iiuii
Due to the Student Volunteer Confer
itudent Volunt
vocal solo was
Soper delivered
Unique and Dis
Christianity."